LONG, James. Bandon, Cork 1814 — 23.3.1887. Rev. British (Anglo-Irish) Anglican Missionary in India. While earlier sources claim that of his background little is known, but in any case he passed some time in Russia, Wikipedia referring to Oddie knows that he was the son of John and Anne Long…
LOMMEL, Hermann. Erlangen 7.7.1885 — Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria 5.10.1968. German Indo-Iranian Scholar. Professor in Frankfurt. Born in an academic family, son physicist Eugen von Lommel (1837–1899) and Luise Hegel (1853–1924, granddaughter of the philosopher). From 1905 studies of IE linguistics at Munich and from 1907 at Göttingen, now under…
LOMMEL, Ferdinand. 18?? — 19??. German Student of Indo-Iranian. From Köln. Ph.D. 1920 Bonn. No close relative (such as brother) of Hermann Lommel. Publications: Diss. Der Mithramythus. Manuscript of 77 p. 1920, specimen of 11 p. publ. as Mithras Felsgeburt. Bonn 1920. Sources: Diss. in Janert.
LOISELEUR-DESLONGCHAMPS, Auguste-Louis-Armand (Loiseleur des Longchamps). Paris 14.8.1805 — Paris 10.1.1840. French Indologist. Son of the noted physician and botanist Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur des Longchamps (1774–1849; from his name are formed the plant genera Loiseleuria and Deschampsia) and Catherine Françoise Mallet (1773–1864). After Collège Charlemagne studied botany and medicine, but interrupted soon…
LOGAN, William. Ferney Castle near Reston, Berwickshire 17.5.1841 — 1914. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of a farmer, educated at Musselburgh Academy. Studies at Edinburgh. In 1862 joined Madras Civil Service and served first in Arcot. In 1867 he was posted in Malabar. From 1876 Collector and Magistrate…
LÖBBECKE, Otto Emil Rudolf. Braunschweig 6.8.1884 — 1946. German Student of Indology. Son of a banker, in 1893-1903 at Gymnasium in Braunschweig. In 1903 one term of law studies at Marburg, then at Leipzig, where he moved into Philosophical Faculty and started Oriental studies under Windisch, Lindner and Conrady. In…
LÓCZY, Lajos. Pozsony (Bratislava) 2.11.1849 — Balatonarács/Balatonfüred 13.5.1920. Hungarian Geologist, Palaeontologist, Geographer and Traveller in Central Asia and China. Son of Sándor Lóczy and Mária Kuhn, school in Arad. After Technische Hochschule, Zürich, from 1874 worked in Hungarian National Museum. In the 1877-80 participated (like Bálint) in the Széchenyi Expedition…
LOBEDANZ, Edmund Adolf Johannes. Schleswig 10.12.1820 — Copenhagen 21.10.1882. German Author and Translator in Denmark. Son of George Carl Friedrich Lobedanz (1778–1825) and Anna Friderica Kirchner. Originally a pharmacist, from 1844 studied at Philosophical Faculty, Kiel. Travelled in Germany. Living in Copehagen, from 1853 secretary in the State Department of…
LITTRÉ, Michel-François. Avranches, Normandy 25.5.1765 — 20.12.1827. French Pioneer of Indology. Son of goldsmith Jean Littré and Marie Anne Liégears (1739–1768). Served in French navy and adopted revolutionary ideas. Then settled in Paris as tax-collector. In order to give good education to his sons he achieved a library and studied…
LINDSAY, Thomas Bond. New York City 28.4.1853 — Glenview, KY 22.7.1909. U.S. Philologist. Professor in Boston. Son of John W. Lindsay. Studies in 1865-68 at Genessee Wesleyan Seminar, 1869 Boston Latin School, M.A. 1874 American Wesleyan University. In 1874-77 further studies in Germany. Ph.D. 1882 Boston University. In 1877-88 taught…